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Sunday, 23 June 2013

Kraft away.

Welcome to Sunday in a cold and chilly UK, please can we have summer?

I have been so busy with the new challenge blog I haven’t had much time to create and make this week, but I wanted to do something for the Simon Says Stamp and Show challenge where they want to see us use kraft in our projects.

I started with a piece of kraft card and some die-cuts glued on then scraped gesso across.

Next came some black paint, some white gesso through a mask and some dribbled white gesso.

Using corrugated card I die-cut one of Tim’s beautiful butterflies and distressed with gesso, black enamel accents and walnut stain DI.

I used more movers and shapers to create the little arch and a corrugated fleur de lis.

Having used walnut stain, antique linen, picket fence and a touch of rusty hinge distress paints on kraft card I die-cut using the tattered flower garland, painting white gesso round the edges of the petals and text stamped each one with black archival.

I also used one of Tim’s metal book plates to create the focal sentiment, again shabbying it with white gesso and using remnant rubs for the words.

Then with hessian, lace and some more remnant rubs I created the collage.

Krafty Grungy Fabulousness! Love this and all the texture, Brenda! Sorry you are back to cold, but you know what we are having! Say hello to Leo and Joni from us! Hugs and enjoy what is left of your Sunday! Hugs!

This is FANTASTIC Brenda! The butterfly itself is something so outside my comfort zone....love the use of the mish mash of media on it! The various uses of kraft are outstanding here! I love the stenciling with gesso...so cool! This is an amazing piece! Bravo! Thank you so much for krafting with us this week here at Simon Says Stamp & Show!

Gorgeous piece Brenda, lovely mix of elements and texture. This piece looks so tactile. Love,how,you swiped .gesso across the die cuts, lovely idea as are the drips too. The dimensional butterfly and flowers are gorgeous and I love the touch of lace. Fabulous Kraft piece. Thanks so much for joining in the Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenge. Tracy x

Brenda....such a wonderful vintage/shabby piece using the kraft background. I love the technique of white washing on the kraft. Such a stunning result. Your bits of white text in the background really stand out. I also love the bits of burlap and lace. Nice fabric tactical touch! :) Love the flowers nad the butterfly, too. so grungy and pretty. And...the ornate plage washed in white looks fab! Thanks for sharing your piece with us at Simon Says Stamp and Show. <3 Candy

I love kraft card and the way you've used it is wonderful. Gesso is a natural partner for it too so: I love it all, the whole piece!Hugs, JuliaxxSorry I'm always on catch up - so much to do and not enough time sadly.x

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